Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 2007

Saturday 3 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 519 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two late afternoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Late afternoon of Saturday 3 March

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

15:55 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:12
15:3115:5516:1916:4317:0717:3117:5518:1918:43

137 of 137 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Sunday 4 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:56 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:13
15:3215:5616:2016:4417:0817:3217:5618:2018:44

0 of 137 minutes covered

Pūrṇimā presentSāyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 05:22 on Sat 3 Mar to 07:17 on Sun 4 Mar.

    2007-03-02T21:21:35Z → 2007-03-03T23:17:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:55–18:12 on the 3rd, 15:56–18:13 on the 4th.

    sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 137 of 137 minutes on the 3rd and 0 of 137 on the 4th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 31126 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 2007: Saturday 3 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 2007 falls on Saturday 3 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 05:22 on Sat 3 Mar to 07:17 on Sun 4 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2007/holika-dahana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 3 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 3 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 3 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/holika-dahana · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Phālguna, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Sāyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 105

“S 15 Holika-dahana (Sayahnavyapini — it should be observed on second half of purnima at night), Dolayatra (Bengal & Orissa) (covering 4 ghatikas before sunrise of the day of festival), Holi — on the day after Holikadahana.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105. The hour the row gives for the rite ("it should be observed on second half of purnima at night") is not tested: sāyāhna alone settles the day.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāSāyāhna 2ndCoveredSāyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:22 → 15:1715:32138 min15:320 min2 Mar
Chicago15:22 → 17:1715:26135 min15:27110 min2 Mar
Jersey City16:22 → 18:1715:3286 min15:33136 min3 Mar
Port of Spain17:22 → 19:1715:5354 min15:53143 min3 Mar
London21:22 → 23:1715:300 min15:31132 min3 Mar
Durban23:22 → 01:1715:560 min15:55152 min3 Mar
Dubai01:22 → 03:1716:010 min16:01140 min3 Mar
Delhi02:52 → 04:4716:020 min16:02139 min3 Mar
Kolkata02:52 → 04:4715:200 min15:20141 min3 Mar
Singapore05:22 → 07:1716:540 min16:54145 min3 Mar
Sydney08:22 → 10:1716:570 min16:57153 min3 Mar
Suva09:22 → 11:1716:020 min16:02149 min3 Mar
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
holika-dahana@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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